I have recently been in touch with the Grandson of a WW2 veteran who passed away at the beginning of this year.The significance and interest for...
Dear All I was looking for Royal Artillery badges and came across this advert "WW2 Durham Light Infantry 116th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment...
Hi All I'm new to this and wondered if anyone can help me find information of who served in the regiment 1939-1945 in particular a James Kelly...
Hi all, I am trying to trace my fathers war exploits and am basically struggling, what i do know is the following, any additional information of...
Not wishing to intrude on the thread where I'm seeing this ~...
As requested by Jim (Verrieres) some citations for some chaps from WW2. [IMG]
Every now and then I do a quick search on the Durham Records Office site and how I`ve missed this one is beyond me;- ENLISTMENT AND DISCHARGE...
Hope someone can help me out on this one. Looking through the casualty list for the 6th Durham Light Infantry for June 1940 I noticed seven...
Any body know what Operation Stepmother was? Swampster very kindly sent me a photograph of Sidney George Roberts DLI along with another of his...
Hi, I`m aware that quite a few members have large collections of War Grave /Headstone photographs to the various units they are interested in. Can...
Just wondering if anyone has this Diary period reason..1st DLI mercifully lost only 15 or so killed during their time on Malta yet lost six men on...
Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Robert Peisley Lidwill, Infantry, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. On the night July 15th-16th,...
Hi, Can anyone help with a query I received regarding the death (unknown circumstances) of a member of the 1st Durham Light Infantry in...
For the attention of Verrieres as requested :) If anyone else is interested I found the ammunitiona and the brigade commander incidents rather...
Hope someone can have a look at these photographs from the IWM collection;- http://collections.iwm.org.uk/server/show/conMediaFile.61570...
Hi, As most of you know by now I am interested in the DLI (Yes obsessed) I have been contacted by someone who is researching his great grandfather...
Hi, My son and I paid our regular visit to the DLI museum in Durham (20/12/08) hanging on the wall was a poignant reminder of how war can wreck a...
Hi, During a visit to The DLI museum I saw amongst the superb medal displays a small photograph of a former Sgt in the Regiment Mr Thomas...
I came across your commentary on the 1st DLI action at Fort Capuzzo by chance on a Google search and have now joined the World War 2 Talk Forum....
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